Abstract
The present study was designed to evaluate the antioxidant potential of Amaranthus viridis L.,
Chenopodium album L., Salvadora persica L. and Solanum nigrum L. These plants commonly grow as wild
plants, and are recommended as alternate food source because of their rich nutritional contents. The crude
extracts of their leaves in petroleum ether, chloroform, methanol and distilled water were studied. Significant
DPPH scavenging activity was found in petroleum ether extracts of C. album (29.3%) whereas petroleum ether
extracts of S. nigrum exhibited minimum value (8.43%). On the other hand, distilled water extracts of C. album
exhibited the highest (0.697 nm) total antioxidant activity while chloroform extracts of A. viridis (0.513 nm) turned
out to be the lowest. These findings ensured the antioxidant effectiveness of these wild edible plants, the
possible source of future novel antioxidants. In conclusion, these wild edible plants may have potential use into
pharmaceuticals, cosmetics as well as food industries in near future.
SHABNUM SHAHEEN, TANZEEM AKBAR CHEEMA, NIDAA HARUN, ARUSA AFTAB, FARAH KHAN, MEHWISH JAFFER, SEHRISH RAMZAN, SOBIA SARWAR. (2016) Evaluation of Antioxidant Potential of Some Selected Wild Edible Plants, Biologia – Journal of Biological Society of Pakistan, Volume 62 (I), Issue 1.
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